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tumblingghosts · 8 months ago

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Omg Hello!! I love your post about time traveling Katniss and Sejanus meeting and becoming friends immediately and how Sej wants to bring his new friend to his school 😭🥹

And the way Katniss doesn’t take Snow’s hand when they meet because she’s like ‘there’s no way this sweet boy is ‘friends’ with PRESIDENT SNOW ‘😭

Do you have any headcanons about their friendship and how Katniss navigates the Academy life.

re: katniss in tbosas times snippet

hello! admittedly i didn't have much more about that au when i wrote it so it took a while to answer this but-

i. katniss's arrival

i like to think that she got sent back in time sometime before the second quarter quell- i think she would be way too worried about peeta to be this if she was returning from mockingjay times. katniss is pretty lost because she doesn't recognize the capitol (not extravagant enough, people aren't dressed in the odd fashions that make up most of the capitol population in her time), but this is also after the victory tour, so she knows it's not any of the districts. she's hesitant to approach anyone because, even though she doesn't know where she is, she knows that (with the travel ban) she could get into serious trouble for not being in d12.

ii. meeting sejanus

sejanus runs into her on accident and immediately clocks her as district. he's both curious about that and delighted bc he's been facing ostracization from pretty much everyone for years. this is probably where katniss finds out she's in the capitol & is very confused about it, at which point sejanus invites her to the plinth apartment bc he realizes something is off here and it would be best to take the conversation somewhere more private. katniss is hesitant to trust, but also she doesn't have many other options, so she goes.

ma plinth is happy that sejanus brought home a friend and katniss is taken in by her kindness. whether katniss actually spills about the time travel or not is up to debate- in this case, i would probably say she does, but not on purpose. it's more like "if this is the capitol, do you just not watch the games?" (in reference to her notoriety as a victor) and sejanus (misunderstanding her question as pro-games) voices his staunch opposition to the hunger games. he probably makes mention of president ravinstill and dr gaul somewhere in there, and while katniss learns that snow is yet to be president, she doesn't know his age, so she's under the impression that he's some lower-level politician at the moment or something.

anyway, after they get it clarified that no, katniss is against the games too, and in fact she's a victor, sejanus gets confused. he's never actually watched the games, but he's pretty sure that there would have been some talk if d12 had a victor, much less two. it's somewhere between "seneca crane" and "74th hunger games" that things start to click- and after a conversation of "oh you're from the future what to do from here", it would be safest if she could just be integrated as "new student" for now.

[insert hand-wavey process of sejanus somehow convincing strabo to get the paperwork for katniss pushed through- in a more realistic scenario, it would not be nearly that easy for katniss to be enrolled in the academy but shhh…]

it's the summer before senior year, so katniss pretty much stays over at the plinth's house until the school year starts. sejanus isn't exactly going out to meet up with anyone, so there's a lot of time for friendship and bonding in which they trade stories- katniss talks about peeta and prim, sejanus talks about "coryo" and some traditions from d2 that he left was forced to leave behind + some discussion to figure out how she got here and how to get her back to her time and her loved ones.

iii. academy life

so right off the bat, the academy students are not too welcoming of katniss. she's not part of the old guard or any capitol family they know, and her obvious friendship with sejanus doesn't help either. she doesn't explicitly say that she's from the districts or from d12, but her accent and demeanor make it clear that she's not capitol. sejanus has been in the capitol for nearly a decade so while he's pretty open about his stance, he's countering his classmates verbally. katniss is not keeping things verbal (she may or may not punch arachne in the face when she's confronted).

about her friendship with sejanus- katniss does attempt to get along with coriolanus for sejanus's sake, but she picks up pretty quickly that coriolanus is talking bad about sejanus behind his back and gets really upset about it. the only reason she doesn't physically attack him then is because of the backlash that sejanus had to face after what happened with arachne. she does end up telling sejanus about it, who is disheartened, but not overly surprised (i think, on some level, he knew that coriolanus's kindness towards him was limited, but ignored it because he was really lonely).

ultimately, sejanus probably avoids a confrontation with coriolanus over what katniss had told him. he's not averse to confrontation (re: consistently standing up to gaul in tbosas), but he does have an actual friend now, so he ends up sticking to katniss and just going on with life (even if he does miss coriolanus). without sejanus making an active effort to talk to coriolanus, they start to drift apart. coriolanus likely gets really jealous about it in a "why am i not the most important person in sejanus's life, who does this girl think she is" kind of way. (could be read as snowjanus or just coriolanus getting his pride hurt bc he was so accustomed to being "sejanus's only friend")

also, katniss finding out that dean highbottom was the creator of the hunger games- she's furious. seeing the person who "created the games" going around drunk on morphling? it's an intensified reaction to seeing haymitch drunk and uncaring that she and peeta were going to die in the arena when he was supposed to be mentoring them. there's probably a lot of shouting and "hypothetical" mentions of the games going on for decades more and how many more children would be dead because of him. sejanus is holding katniss back from actually mauling him in a "no...stop... (i completely agree with everything you're saying) ...don't hurt him... (it would be deserved tho) ..." highbottom is already drowning in guilt and tries to protest, but his words fall flat. (given his guilt, highbottom doesn't report katniss bc he does agree with her words- they're the regrets that have been plaguing him for years now- and highbottom being confronted like that may push his guilt enough to actually take some steps to push back against gaul. i doubt there would be any immediate impact in stopping the games though.)

given that katniss gets attached to kind people ("kind people have a way of working their way inside me and rooting there."), i would say that she gets incredibly protective of him when any of the other academy students talk down to him. i also have this mental image of them baking bread together, and katniss gets sad because it reminds her of peeta, and then getting comforted. katniss shares a story about him and the bread, and sejanus shares one about marcus and the snow on the windowstill- they're both kind of grieving in a way, even though peeta and marcus are alive, they're out of reach.

also, katniss and snow would have so much beef- coriolanus is coping and seething over her friendship with sejanus while trying so hard to maintain a calm facade & trying to figure out who she is and where she came from. katniss, upon becoming aware that her very existence is causing him strife, takes great pleasure in riling him up- it doesn't take much, he gets so mad seeing them literally just having a conversation and is doing so many mental gymnastics to convince himself that he doesn't care about sejanus (it’s not working).

thanks for the ask! :D

#tbosas #katniss everdeen #sejanus plinth #coriolanus snow #everlark #tbosas time travellers #backpacks asks

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lovecanbesostrange · 24 days ago

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I finished Sunrise on the Reaping yesterday and if anybody wants to yell with me about it, feel free.

To get something out of the way, yes, I am already looking forward to see the film adaptation next year. I think this will be easier to translater than The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. There was a huge problem, because it's very easy to be in the first person perspective as a reader and get all the thoughts behind actions. And so much of the story about Snow relies on why he does the things he does, which are very internalized. A film adaptation had to fail in parts (they could have done a bit of a better job really showing his time in 12 though, they rushed a bit). Staying with Haymitch and his rightful anger is easier to translate.

I like the Hunger Games films overall and I like that the humanization that was given to Effie due to Elizabeth Banks performance and a few added moments, sorta bled back into the novel now. I would have yelled when she entered the scene, hadn't I been in public reading. Really like how Haymitch takes one look, realizes that she isn't the worst, just needs a bit of deprogramming from Capitol propaganda. She believes the Games are needed, while also not wanting to harm the tributes. It's fucked up. But so good seeing her in contrast to especially Drusilla and Magno. It's also interesting, because when Katniss sees Effie at the 74th Reaping she thinks about how Effie surely just waits to be promoted up to a better District. Yeah, she is a Capitol person through and through, but there are a few layers and so much potential for growth. Which is so important for the complete book series. We need to allow imperfect people to change.

Getting more of Plutarch right next to that is delicious. How much does he already know? While reading I talked to myself a bit and I said out loud, how Plutarch was no hero, but so good at this game and a much needed player overall. And then that's pretty much his last statement about himself. YES! He knows humans keep repeating doomed patterns, but he has hope that there is a better way. Very opposed to Snow's worldview that left unchecked mankind only knows violence. If I hadn't known that he makes it, I would have been most concerned for his well-being. It's a special skill he gets out untouched. He is so good at spinning the narrative, delivering propaganda. If only Sejanus could have had someone like Plutarch, he would have set him straight on how to use his money for good and not yell into the void alone.

That's the best thing about this book. It hammers home how a lone person doesn't bring this immense tidal change. We knew there had been many many things in motion when Katniss entered the arena. Her humanity and decency on full display was a spark, but so many people wanted to do things before. And well, she does have the army behind her that Haymitch lacks (well, she is put in front for reasons, but ykwim). Honestly when Wiress was revealed as a mentor I got emotional. Knowing her eventual fate. And it was even worse at the end, knowing that she won her games, then mentored for one and was tortured out of her mind that same year already. Damn. But oh when Mags came in... and Haymitch cried in her arms... yeah, I cried too. (Look, for me it's the deaths of Rue, Mags and Prim that always, always, always get to me the absolute most.)

Reading Hunger Games for the first time, it took me a bit to warm up to Haymitch. Because of course from Katniss pov he's a drunk fuck up in a way. But it was clear pretty quick that if there is a "good" reason for alcoholism, being a so-called victor of the Games is surely one. Then finding out he won the Quarter Quell with double the tributes was horror, plus finding out that the way he won made somebody upset enough that all his loved ones died? Wow. We knew all that. I knew that SotR now is the full story of all of that. And fuck, the very first sentence already hit me full to the face. It's. His. Birthday. Every year on Reaping Day the Capitol gives him the gift of putting two kids in his care, that he will see to the slaughter.

He loves his family, he has a group of friends and neighbours he can depend on, has his chores and some work, is totally in love - and by the end he is the most lonely person in District 12. And it makes sense why he chases away anybody who still tries to stay close. Pretty sure even Asterid can forgive that rock to the face. Especially later when she falls into a depression, right? Meeting Katniss' parents like this... PAIN. (The very worst part is remembering how little of District 12 survives overall.) It's kinda easy to forget that by the time Katniss comes around, all the adults have been through their years of Reaping. They all know the yearly terror.

Very good decision that the end includes the official recap of the Games. Where Haymitch also has to question everything he knows from previous Games. What really happened? Even if something was shown live, it can be cut out later and then disappear from collective memory. That and the quick one-sentence dig against AI is such a raw topic. Deserves many, many words.

Louella... sweetheart... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH. And then LouLou. WTF. Whenever you think the dispicable scale must reach the limit, there's something new. And I'm afraid Haymitch never managed to tell the McCoys the truth.

Maisylee is amazing. And I like how in the District she's known as a fucking mean girl. But she uses all of that to keep her head high and it's useful to bond with people even. How fitting that it's her mockingjay pin, so she can get one last middle finger in. Also thank you Tam Amber. The slow erasure (or absorption) of the Covey is an interesting subplot. I like how he made the pin and also that important flint striker. Craftsmanship. That man has seen some shit.

Lenore Dove................ wow, Haymitch has seen up close how much Snow likes his poison. Which was a magnificent scene. A frail Snow, because the poison does affect him as well - for a bit. The length he goes through with the punishment of others. But so far away Haymitch let his guard down. Then again, if it hadn't been those gumdrops, something would have killed her very soon. Snow surely had a few options. But that bastard would be delighted about the most terrible timing ever with this moment of carelessness, because the lovers were reunited and drunken with love. Of course. Poetic injustice.

To know Beetee's son was send into the arena. How often did that happen, a rigged reaping. Can use it too often as a tool probably, but that's effective.

That epilogue. Yes, Haymitch is an alcoholic and he's not gonna stop drinking now. When his time is up, it will be up. But he can hold his head high now. The Reaping is over. AND HE HAS THE GEESE TO TAKE CARE OF!

Especially Catching Fire will hit very different once again. This time the alliance has a bigger plan, but the Newcomers banding together was a signal to many.

#ramblings

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that-one-i-think · 1 month ago

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vylad in the hunger games :3

Okay, so this will play into some of my semi-existing AU but I will do both how I believe he would be as a victor and within my existing crackship Au cause why not.

Tribute and Victor Vylad

In this, the Ro'Meaves are the Snow family with O'khasis and the capital being one in the same. Vylad is still a bastard but is actually the product of Zianna reuniting with an old covey friend during one of Garte's bout of game obsession. Garte found out about the pregnancy very early but too late for a safe abortion, so they worked very hard to hide the pregnancy and once Vylad was born, he was sent off to live with his father Visher in district 12(Phoenix Drop). (Zianna and Garte will be the equivalent to Snow and Lucy, except Snow was able to keep his bird caged)

From there, Zianna and Garte struck a deal, Vylad wouldn't be reaped and they will never talk about him again nor were Zianna to ever contact Visher or Vylad again. Zianna breaks that promise when Vylad is 13 after receiving news that he is sick and unfortunately, Garte does find out and the very next reaping, Vylad, now 14 is chosen. This breaks Zianna, truly breaks the woman leaving Garroth (17) and Zane(16) to pick up the pieces.

Garte will do everything in his power to make sure Vylad doesn't make it through the games while also ensuring to prolong his suffering. He will ensure that Vylad makes it surprisingly long before sending everything at the boy, from sandstorms, to toxic plants, to finding subtle ways to alert the other tributes to his location. Realistically, Vylad would not survive the hunger games, but sometimes life doesn't fit reality.

Vylad would survive due to being able to out manuver every single person on the map and this will be due to the fact that Visher had been training him since he was young, for the man never believed that Garte would let his biggest shame live. Vylad is an archer by trade, using the dense forest and rocky plains of this arena to his advatage, hiding and picking people off one by one. It would result in a final stand off between Vylad and one other tribute, most likely one from a career district. Vylad would rule them up the mountain, one that has been specifically designed to cause avalanches and cave ins for any district 12 member looking for safety within familiar stones. Using the system designed to specifically kill him, Vylad would leap out of the way of falling rocks just in time for the career to be crushed in turn, thus winning him the game.

Vylad's win would be extremely unexpected, as it will be the first win for District 12/Phoenix Drop in a loooong time, but one of the first victories for one so young, only 14. That would create a spectacle that Garte will be completely unable to quell as he is labeled a 'prodigy'. Between being a bastard and a covey, Garte looses the battle of wills against Zianna and it isn't before long that every capital event Garte attends he sees the boy playing the ocarina and enchanting those of the capital.

Despite the win, Vylad himself will never truly be okay after, in fact he actually becomes selectively mute, which is why he chooses to play the ocarina. A distraction that allows him to not have to speak but still be entertainment, still be useful. He will also have an incredibly difficult time going back to District 12, as the arena had been specifically designed to lure him into a false sense of security as to pick him off. The only true good thing about it is occasionally being in the same room as his mother, and though they will never be able to talk, it is enough for them, truly enough.

Within My Au :]

Within my existing AU, the same thing as previous happens except Zianna wasn't able to hide the pregnancy from the capital. In order to prevent scandal, Garte let Zianna keep the baby and claim that Zianna's grandmother had green eyes and brown hair. Vylad and Zianna unfortunately die due to an "accidental" generator explosion while the family was opening a new weapon manufacturing plant in District 2 (Falconclaw), which buries them under the rumble making their bodies impossible to find.

In actuality, they had been taken into Canada/Enchanted forest where they will remain with Hyria, until Vylad is lured in to join District 13 (Nether ish, it's complicated).

That's all I have for right now but if you want any specific ships for him, I will fully be willing to make a part 2! Just gotta ask!

#aphblr #mcd #aphmau mcd #aphmau #minecraft diaries #aphverse #mcd hunger games au

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the-sun-and-the-sea · 9 months ago

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Odesta Week Day 4: Throwback Thursday

Annie is almost fourteen years old, and that is a very important age to be. Yes, there’s the ‘you’re growing up’ speech that her parents foisted onto her last year, but that’s not what she means. She’s talking about something even more important than that.

From the ages of twelve to fifteen, students are leaving District Four’s training facility in droves. That’s because this is where things start to get serious. A lot of parents pull their kids out before they reach sixteen, so they never live and train at the Academy full time. But the teachers are also cutting people from the program; anyone who can’t run or fight or survive is gone.

That won’t happen to Annie.

She’ll be sixteen soon enough, and then it will be her turn to live at the Academy. It will be her turn to become a Senior and eventually be selected as the volunteer. Her Games will be the 70th, the first of a new decade. She got really lucky in that way.

She’s just gotten out of a weapons class, but she needs somewhere quiet to study. Although the Academy doesn’t require as much studying as regular school, they’re still expected to know the most common causes of death and what weapons are most frequent at the Cornucopia. Annie finds her way to an isolated hallway, grinning as the sunlight that beams through the big windows hits her skin.

It’s only after she walks a little further that she realizes she isn’t alone.

He’s sitting on a bench, slumped against the wall, oddly still. The sunlight seems to illuminate him from the inside out. When he looks at her, his eyes are so vividly green that her breath catches.

Finnick Odair. In case that wasn’t clear enough from the description of his eyes.

Annie almost apologizes and walks away. Victors are supposed to be treated with the utmost respect, but Finnick Odair is only a year older than her, so it feels weird to treat him like any sort of authority.

��Mind if I sit?” she asks, faux casual. Hopefully she’s not overstepping. She’s pretty sure Finnick Odair doesn’t even know her name.

“Sure,” is all he says.

Annie joins him on the bench gingerly, pulling out her notebook that’s filled to the brim with her careful handwriting. This notebook has everything from arena strategy to fighting stances to different tactics for the Flickerman interview. Finnick peers over her shoulder, and Annie pretends she doesn’t care.

“I guess you don’t need this stuff anymore,” she says conversationally. There’s a hidden question in there too; what are you doing here? He must pick up on it because he huffs a laugh.

“I spent a lot of time here,” he says. “I used to come here when I needed to think.”

Annie feels heat rise in her cheeks. She’d never admit it because the last thing she wants to do is look stupid in front of Finnick Odair, but she does the same thing. “What are you thinking about now?”

“Are you going to volunteer?” Finnick asks, promptly changing the subject. It’s not a smooth transition at all, but she supposes that since he won the Hunger Games, some brusqueness can be excused.

She folds her notebook proudly in her lap. “Of course.”

He gives a vague hum of acknowledgement, and Annie can’t tell if it’s approving or disappointed.

“Do you have any advice?” she asks after a beat of silence.

“No,” says Finnick softly. “I thought I did. But I don’t.”

She gets the feeling that they’re not talking about the Games anymore. The only problem is that she doesn’t actually know what they are talking about. “Well, that’s okay. You’re only fourteen. You can take your time, right?”

He laughs. “I guess I have all the time in the world now.”

What that must feel like, to have achieved your life goal at fourteen. Annie can’t even imagine. She’ll be eighteen by the time she wins, practically an adult. It all feels so far away. “What are you going to do with it?”

He actually smiles now, and it’s genuine enough that his eyes brighten. “Eat all the saltwater taffy I can find.”

“Lucky,” she says. She’s actually salivating. The Academy doesn’t really do sugar; the closest thing she’s had to real dessert since she turned twelve is protein cookies, which are definitely more protein than cookie. “When I win, I’m going to have so many muffins.”

“What kind of muffins?”

“Chocolate. Obviously.”

Finnick hums. “Solid choice. You don’t have to win to have muffins, though. They have them in the Capitol.”

“It’s not the same,” Annie says immediately. Victory muffins will just be different. She watches the swatches of sun on the ground until they start to swim in her vision and she has to look away. “What’s the Capitol like?”

“It’s cool,” he says with a shrug.

When he doesn’t elaborate, Annie asks, “That’s it?”

“I don’t know. It’s weird. The people dress like they’re in costumes all the time. And they sound weird when they talk.” His eyes meet hers guiltily. “Don’t tell anyone I said that.”

“I won’t,” she says solemnly.

“It’s not too late to drop out of the Academy,” he says, and Annie’s caught so off guard by the sudden change in topic that she almost drops her notebook.

“What? I’m not dropping out. I’m going to—”

“Win the Games, yeah,” Finnick finishes. He’s not looking at her anymore, but his eyes have taken on a glassy look. “Just try to think about if that’s really what you want.”

What is he even talking about? “Isn’t that what you wanted?”

“I was reaped,” he reminds her.

“I know,” Annie replies, because she’s watched the reapings of every living victor enough times to memorize them. “But you trained here before that. You must have wanted it a little.”

Finnick shrugs. “I guess. I don’t really remember, honestly. Everything feels different now.”

It would, after an experience like the Hunger Games.

Annie stands up, sliding her notebook back into her bag. “I hope you figure it out,” she offers. “Whatever it is you’re thinking about.”

His eyes gleam in the sun as he looks up at her. “Thanks, Annie.”

#this was a fun one #I love writing this dynamic when Finnick has won but Annie hasn’t #also yay career annie #I hope yall enjoyed #odesta week #odesta #finnick odair #annie cresta #thg #the hunger games #thg fic

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dumbass-tumbler-cryptid · 1 year ago

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I can see Spider being taken to the Capitol and tortured like Peeta was in Hunger Games 3, it reminds me of Spider being interrogated by Ardmore.

Hey everybody remember the Hunger Games Au i wrote up back in November? I needed to watch the final movie but then I got bronchitis (that took me two months to recover from) and it was also Christmas at the time and I really didn't feel like watching the child murder movies. But I never forgot about this and I finally got around to watching the final movie! So without further ado let's wrap this up.

To the question of what Spider and Kiri would have shown off in individual training, I feel like Kiri would have purposely tanked her's just for fun not even for strategy. She'd see the whole thing as stupid plus she knows her abilities so she's got nothing to prove. the gamemakers though can see what shes doing and give her a 9 to make her more of a target. I can see Spider pulling a Katniss and shooting an arrow right at the gamemakers to make them pay attention then bowing out. Quaritch is only half pissed at him. The other part is so proud. He's even more proud when Spider is awarded an 11.

In interviews they're both just kinda dicks lol. Spider taunts the whole crowd, talks mad shit on Snow, and heckles the fuck out of Flickerman. Kiri is similar just way more sarcastic and petty. So Snow was definitely super pissed when these two won the game.

Moving on to the ending.

I've tossed around a lot of idea's in my head for who gets captured and I had almost settled on it being Neytiri, Ronal and Paz, but that was mainly because I didn't want to hurt any of the kids especially Spider (I hurt that kid enough in Cabin and all I want is good things for him. I really dont want to hurt the moms either or anybody for that matter but this is a Hunger Games au) And yeah it does match actual Avatar canon to have Spider be one of the ones captured so that's what happens. Neytiri and Aonung are also captured.

The families are all incredibly distraught. Paz has a full on meltdown the moment she wakes up in recovery and is told the terrible news. It's her worst nightmare come to life and she completely blames herself for it. Quaritch, who's already inwardly losing his shit over his son but trying to keep it together, internally breaks seeing his wife like that because he's never seen her break before. After Paz is sedated Quaritch goes off to be alone. Spider's capture cases a real strain on their relationship because neither knows how to comfort or emotionally support the other. Paz is so guilt ridden that she doesn't want to be anywhere near her husband feeling intense shame when ever he looks at her. Quaritch doesn't blame her for Spider's capture. He blames himself for not volunteering in his son's place the day of the reaping. the only thing they can manage to do together is plan on saving their son.

Ronal also blames herself for her son's capture but she buries it deep under a wildfire determination to get him back. Tonowari of course wants Aonung back too and is just as determined, he just advocates that they be calm and level headed about their recuse so that they don't lose anyone else.

Jake hasn't felt this powerless in years. He wants to storm the Capital single handed to get his wife back but no one will let him leave. They all look down on him for being in a wheelchair and forget that he was a victor in the Hunger Games once. That he trained his children to be warriors while being paralyzed. But no matter how much he advocates for himself it just falls on the deaf ears of district 13's president. Who i decided is not Grace but General Ardmore.

Ardmore rules over district 13 in a strict but seemingly fair manner. And she is a pretty good leader. She's just extremely power hunger. I'm going to say Ian Garvin is the Heavensbee of this au. He sees right through Ardmore but he does need her to win the war. It's him that convinces her to let Jake, Ronal, Tonowari, Quaritch and Paz into her war room. Jake impresses her with his war strategies ( Don't worry Jake doesn't come up with Gale's plan. That's all Ardmore) and quickly becomes the lead strategist of her army. Tonowari and Quaritch are on the frontlines. They try to convince Ronal and Paz to stay back but Paz brushes them off with a bitter, "I have nothing left to lose," and Ronal snaps, "i will fight!"

The Capital starts airing interviews with their clearly brainwashed hostages. Paz's shriek silences the entire cafetiere when she sees her son on the t.v. His wild mane of curls now fall neatly around his chin, brushed out of his face like a perfect little gentleman. It shows off how sunken his cheeks have gotten. how hollow and dead his eyes looks. His once tan skin is now pale, made to look even paler by the snow white suite they've dressed him to hide his thin frame. "what would you like to say to your friends and family right now Spider?" "Kiri? Mama? Dad?," Quaritch is trying to hold Paz up as she openly sobs for her child for all of district 13 to see, "please stop. This isn't you. Your good people that would never betray the country. Just stop fighting and come home please."

Aonung get's the exact same treatment dresses up and paraded around on t.v like the Capital's little pet, begging his mom and dad to surrender. Ronal cracked a tooth from clenching her jaw so hard in rage and Tonowari put a hole in the wall when no one was looking.

Neytiri is also brought out, her braids are taken out, hair straightened within an inch of its life. she's dressed in a tasteful white cocktail dress, with a white rose tucked behind her right ear. when she's asked "what would you like to say to your husband right now." She says, "my Jake," there's a long pause, a whole war going on behind her amber eyes before she finally chokes out, "end them." the broadcast instantly cuts off.

And the kids in all this? Since I don't really have a mockingjay singled out among the bunch, I'm gonna say they're all kinda the mockingjay. They're the kids who survived. The ones who have to now live with the horrors inflicted on them by the capital. As I was typing this I actually thought it'd fit Neteyam to make a shrine for one of his competitors like Katniss did for Rue. He bonded with a little girl that was Lo'ak's age at the time but reminded him a lot of Tuk. When she died it was like he could see both of his siblings dying with her and it utterly gutted him. He honored her in front of all of Panem and for it everyone loves him.

Kiri is beloved for her definice. It inspires so many others to stand up and fight.

Lo'ak feels ashamed for what happened to his mother and is very candid about it. He talks openly about how he felt so inadequate compared to his "hero" parents and brother. But he understands now that underneath all the pageantry and splendor of the Capital is a absolutely vile core that needs to be ripped out so that they all can finally know peace.

Tsireya is a medic in this like Prim was. Her and Lo'ak start up a romance because they trauma bond over a family member being held hostage.

Tuk is there but she's just too little to really do anything.

And finally Grace in all this plays a similar roll as the mayor from district 8. She just had this lightbulb moment after having Kiri that her daughter would never know peace as long as there tyrannical government stayed in power. She wanted to take Kiri with her but she got word that a sickness was spreading through 13 that was killing all the children. Kiri and her have a lot to work through but Kiri doesn't get angry with Grace for wanting to fight for a better world. Kiri still grew up healthy and happy with her adopted family and soon all of them would be able to live freely and safely in the world they'll create.

Finally the opportunity arrives to save the hostages. Norm is able to hack the system giving a volunteer strike team an opening. the team is made up of Quaritch, Paz, Ronal, Tonowari and Neteyam. It goes off without a hitch. I want to say that unlike in the movie/book where Snow actually just let them go that in this au the strike team was actually just that good and got in and out without anyone noticing. The families all hold each other all the way home the only sounds coming from their cries of relief.

Also none of them are brainwashed to try and kill a loved one. They are severely traumatized though. Their tortures goes as follows and you can skip to the next paragraph if you’d rather not read this. Spider was made to see horrific fantasies under trackerjacker venom to the point where it’s hard for him to tell what’s real anymore. He’s jittery and anxious all the time and panics easily. He flinches if someone raises a hand too fast and that includes his own parents who are both devastated for their son and enraged that the capital would hurt their boy so badly he couldn’t even trust his own mom and dad anymore. Kiri helps Spider through it playing “real or not real,” something she tells Quaritch and Paz about to better manage Spiders dissociative episodes when she’s not around. Aonung was given electric shocks in water now making him fear it. Even seeing a few drops of water is enough to make him shake. This hurts his whole family to see since the ocean is the core of there cultural identity. Ronal and Tonowari want to burn the entire capital down to nothing for the crime against humanity they’ve inflicted on their son. It takes so much time but his parents and sister start with coaching Aonung through the breathing mediation he’d do as a small child when he was first learning to swim putting his mind at ease by reciting the way of water with him. Once he doesn’t freak out seeing so much as a cup of water they slowly get him to interact with it again first with a very shallow bath (basically a puddle) building until his family is lovingly coaxing him into a pool. He panics at first but swimming is like breathing to him and surrounded by so much love and support he eventually calms. Neytiri was given a drug that made the simplest touch feel like excruciating pain. She knows it was just the chemicals they pumped into her veins but she can’t help but flinch every time one of her children hugs her, her breath catching in her throat. She puts on a brave face and holds her children despite how much it makes her heart race. The only one she talks about this with is Jake. They do their own form of real or not real where he’ll brush his fingertips over her arm so so gently he’s almost not touching her at all and ask, “pain or no pain,” until Neytiri can retrain her mind to not associate every minor touch with pain.

After they take time to recover it’s decided that a strike team will be sent out to assassinat Snow. There’s no way in hell any of the parents will let there kids go on this mission so it’s all the adults. Maybe it's just because I love all these characters and don’t want to kill them off but I’m going to say they’re all so good that they outmaneuver every capital trap and survive Ardmore’s bombing of civilians but if I was going to kill people off here's how I’d do it…

Tonowari meets the same fate as Boggs killed in a trap.

Quaritch is overwhelmed by mutts like Finnick was. Paz shoots him herself to put him out of his misery

Neteyam is killed in the second wave of bombings. He snuck out of 13 with the medics because he wanted to give aid to the civilians hurt in the war.

I also had the very evil idea of Neteyam getting sent to the group like Peeta was for some reason, and him being injured in the same trap that killed Tonowari and Neytiri staying with him while the rest move on only for them both to die when the building their hiding in is bombed and then Tsireya dies trying to give medical aid to civilians but good god is that devastating for me to think about.

But it’s a good thing none of that happens! So Ardmore gathers all the past hunger games victors to discuss Snow’s public execution and to float the idea of a hunger games with the capitals children. They are all equally horrified because they’ve all been through so much and just want peace. The kids all speak out but the parents stay quiet all silently thinking the same thing. This bitch has got to go.

All the victors are lined up with bows and arrows to execute Snow in front of the whole country. Only half of the arrows pierce him though. They other half sail right into Ardmore’s chest. Grace is later elected president. Kiri is constantly going from the Sully’s place to Grace’s to Spider’s. Spider and his parents live in a cottage in a peaceful meadow where he continues his recover. His mom is kind of smothering now still recovering from the trauma of losing her son but he knows it’s all love. When he’s in a better place he decides to travel and see the new world. Ronal and Tonowari are surprised to learn they’re expecting but it’s a happy surprise. They can’t wait to bring their third into a peaceful world. Tsireya continues her medical training and Aonung becomes a sailor. He just feels at peace out on the ocean. Jake is basically Graces Vice President and Neytiri is basically the secretary of infrastructure working to rebuild every district. Neteyam, Lo’ak, and Kiri are the leads on construction on a memorial for all the children slaughtered in the games. Everyone is their on opening day. It’s seeing the memorial that really brings peace to all of them. It’s not only a testament to those killed, but a marker that all the horror is now over.

Hope you all enjoyed the long awaited part 2! I’d love to know your thoughts 💙

#miles spider socorro #spider socorro #miles quaritch #colonel miles quaritch #paz socorro #neteyam sully #neytiri sully #lo'ak sully #tuk sully #jake sully #kiri sully #tonowari #ronal #tsireya #aonung #grace augustine #avatar fanfiction #avatar way of water #hunger games au

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evita-shelby · 7 months ago

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Searching for three words prompts i found this one: "She was mine."

It has all the potential to be a dark fic and I'm here for it. But I'd like a Eva-Luca-Aveline. An ot3 that ends bad somehow? Eva and Linnie tired of Luca's bullshit 👀🤭? I'm here for it.

Only if you want, of course!! No need to say it ❤️.

thanks @justrainandcoffee 🖤🖤🖤

because its set in the Hunger Games au, uts gonna be dark

Party for Three

cw: sex trafficking, abuse, age gaps(older man/younger woman, older woman/younger woman) drugging, manipulation and attempted murder

Aveline Young x Eva Smith

“She was mine; you know.” Luca looks at the Victor from 11 with desire as he holds court at some rich fuck's villa. “You never forget your first.”

Victors were invited, even the ones with owners like Eva. A weekend full of depravity where the only rule was not to get between Luca and the ones he owns.

Eva was spared the worst part of the horrors even if Luca loved showing off his toys. While he no longer needed drugs and booze to keep Eva complacent, the nightmares of what Everett and his people did to her were enough to make her thankful for the gangster’s existence.

And he also satisfies her, something incredibly rare in this shithole. So, her time is spent with Luca, who chooses what she wears, what she does and even who she talks to.

Like now that instead of dancing or talking to her fellow prisoners, she is on Luca’s lap with the gangster teasing her because he’s not above fucking her in public to show his dominance. He’s done it before, its why she only wears skirts and dresses, hell, its why they are only allowed to wear things that give their clients easy access to the parts they buy.

“She’s unclaimed, I saw the roster for tonight. Would you like me to claim her for you?” Eva played the compliant yet slightly jealous lover to perfection. The right touches, the right tone and Luca was putty in her hands.

“She’s a hard nut to crack, no one’s been able to claim her since I had her.” He smirks and loosens his hold on her knowing Aveline Young wouldn’t say no to her. “If you can make her come to me, pussycat, I’ll let you have her too.”

Luca knows she’s attracted to women, even if she hadn’t been before Eva had no real choice about it. Sometimes it was Cashmere, or another girl avoiding a worse client, and sometimes it was his Capitol born lovers.

Linnie liked her, liked her enough to fool around when she wasn’t working the night. While no rule existed to keep mentors and victors from fucking each other, Eva was off limits lest they want to push daisies.

Aveline had no such fears, and their game continued over the years.

So, taking advantage of that, the Victor from 10 plays up the act of seducing the older woman to give Luca a good show.

“I know you don’t do this sort of ‘work’ but just this once.” The younger woman whispers mere inches away from her secret lover’s lips. As far as everyone knows, Eva’s putting on one of her shows where she entices her partner and butters them up for Luca.

Eva’s a jealous woman, but she toes the line just like the rest do. Or so she's had them believe.

“Anything for our darling Luca.” Aveline says the right words and winks at Luca before kissing Eva on the dance floor.

The kiss while exaggerated for effect, was perhaps the most genuine form of affection she’s been given this weekend.

They make quite the pair, while Eva was not as tall as Linnie, they were both stunning women with a fire in their blood the Capitol couldn’t extinguish no matter what they tried. Hence why Luca was so enamored by them.

It’s not long until they are back in Luca’s suite desperate to get the night over with. While she’s come to physically enjoy being with him and the others, Eva will never feel anything but disgust for him.

But she gets to have Linnie, touch her and kiss her even if they have Luca between them. It would be fun either way, if Luca keeps his word then both victors can be together on their own.

They’ve barely gotten to the bed, removed the last of their clothes but not their jewelry ---for Luca had gifted it to them--- before Luca goes out like a light.

“What, do you think I’d let him touch me again?” the black woman reveals the empty pillbox in her ring with a chuckle. “The only one I want, is you.”

Eva feeling that sweet sweet freedom was within reach gets one of the pillows and places it over his head. She could do it, she knows the avoxes will cover for her and unlike last time she won’t have to lie and say it was because she was curious about erotic choking.

But Aveline stops her.

The older woman warns and makes her remove the pillow before he began to suffocate. “Your tongue is one of your best features, sweetheart, if you behave yourself we’ll have our own party here.”

Even with Luca dead to the world in the massive bed, it’s one of the best nights they’ve had.

#eva smith #they didn't know we were seeds #hunger games au #evacore #3va's party #aveline young #luca changretta #luca x eva #eva x aveline

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just-call-mefr1es · 10 months ago

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pls just infodump on your tbp aus. any one of them. i don’t care which, i will literally take any au material you give me and ill eat it WHOLE.

wait omg???!?!? fr??? eeeeee tysmmm>_< 💗💗💗

i will never turn down a chance to talk abt my thg x tbp au>:333

where do i even begin? (SPOILERS FOR THE HUNGER GAMES)

intro/74th games

so first off, districts and year/age they won. finney, gwen, robin n donna r all in 12 with finney n robin winning 74th games at 16. bruce is in 1 winning the 65th at 14. billy in 6 winning 72nd at 15. vance in 7 winning 66th at 15 and (my newest change) griffij in 10, winning the 73rd at 12. he used to be in 4, then 11, before i switched it to 10 cus im just thar indecisive. ph and the gr@bber twkes the place of president $now (yes i have to censor both their names)

so, id just like to say that donna takes the role of madge in this au, but dw she doesnt die befause i dont want her to, same goes with gwen i just cant😵‍💫🤕 but that doesnt mean i cant make them suffer !! thsts for later tho, cus gwen gets her name picked in the reaping at fourteen (im checking my notes for this), finney obviously volunteers for her, and you may be asking how he’s able to do that. well, finneys trans, which means hes stil technically legible for the girls part of the reaping thing, so boom. he goes into the hunger games. so does robin!! theyre still besties in this point in time so when they both go to the games together theyre all sad and stuff. they still hace to go thru the love act thing, which obviously gets awkward between them because,,, thats your best bro, bro. so yeah they totally dont get crushes on each other whaaa… so they pull the berry technique from the og hunger games thing and there you go! they both win yipee. so obvs pres. sh@w (thars his name in the au) gets PISSED and arranges the quarter quell to reap victors for the tributes (in my au it WAS rigged lol). and thats how our og ghost gang meet up!!

backgrounds

first off, a lil bit of backstories.

bruce n vance knew each other from the 66th victory party thing (because those exist) and at first vance did NOT like bruce becus he thought he was just a fake little capitol doll who’s full of himself, then the two started developing some more and hey theyre gay now! but uh oh! the capitols not homophobic they just dont like cross district relationships so bruce n vance have to be quiet bout that. i love brance so much. just thought id say that.

also, billy’s a spy!! im pretty sure i drew something about that wayyy back then but im saying it again. hes a spy for district 13, and their plans for rebellion and the shit like that. they recruited him to be a spy because in his games he did a lil anti capitol act which was enough to spark controversy but not enough for president sh@w to kill his family (*cough* WHAR HAPPENED TO VANCE *cough cough*) and 13 saw that and was like ‘hey this kid could really help us!’ and boom hes recruited. president sh@w was suspicious as SHIT of him and used the quarter quell to pick his name out of thst bowl and put hik into the arena.

griffij is the youngest victor in hunger games history ever, winning at twelve (yeah ikr). he kinds just waiter his games out and gecause he was from a poor district, and wirh how young he was, the other tributes sorta just forgot about him/didnt think he was a threat to remember if he actually died or not(just like in the movie how nobody knew him ;) see im super good with this) until the ‘last’ tribute was celebrating his victory and griffin jumpscared him and barbaque skewered him to death (stabby). oh and his district partner blew up right infront of him before the game started. lolz. so that happened:P

now soley bruce! hes definitely the most privileged one out of the gang because of his district, but that doesnt mean he cant suffer!🎉🎉 so, from the start, bruce was immediately a capitol hit, since he was charming, handsome and athletic. he won his games pretty easily, at fourteen i wrote down?yep fourteen! so he won his games, and the captiol people started to really like him, wanting to see more of him and such. pres sh@w was 100% part of that crowd and well, made a deal with him. at 16, bruce had to make a decision. sell your soul for the hollywood dream capitol audinence or everyone he loves dies. i think irs obvious which option he picked.

and heres where vance comes in! vance was also a pretty big hit when he won his games a year after bruce at 15, since he was strong, aggressive, and simp material ig. so, president sh@w gave him the same choice as bruce: become a capitol slave or everyone you love dies. vance, being vance, told pres sh@w to fuck off and that he would kill hom before he could lay a finger on his family. well, that onviously didnt end well. andddd now we’re at the 75th games!

3rd quarter quell

pres sh@w rigged it so that billy and vance would get in (he hated those two so much) he didnt need to rig it any more for robin n finney, and griffin and bruce just got in there. fun fact! griffin didnt actually get his name reaped for the 75th, he volunteered becuase the man that did get reaped had kids and griffin was like ‘awh they deserve to have a father figure’ (cause he doesnt have one /frfr) so he was like ‘i volunterer!!’ his mama was devastated.

now theyre in the capitol! finney and robin r both having crisis since they both want each other to live, griffin knows hes gonna die and is terrified, vance knows hes gonna die and doesnt give two shits, bruce promised his family hed make it out so hes trying to convince himself hes not gonna die, billy got instructions from 13 to evacuate as much peeps as he coukd to 13 so hes stressed about that. as you can see, theyre all SO mentally stbale! 💞

(their ages in the 3qq: finney, robin r 17, billy is 18, bruce n vance r 24 and griffs 14:P)

practivijg for the games, griffin watched thru all the tapes for the games for each of the tributes (like how they did in og hunger games yk) snd was amazed at vance for vancecing out ig. so while theyre in the practicing place thing (i forgort what its called😿) griffiin tries to talk to vance and stuff to see if they can ally together despite literally everyone telling him theres no use in doing it (after the famiky death incident, everyoje just all agreed to ignore hik and shit). griffin didnt care shit, and tried to twlk tk vance, but he got too scared:( butttt they managed to ally in the actual arena! how? ill tell you later

speaking of allies, billy was instructed by 13 to gather all the tributes that would be useful in their plans of reblelloon which obvs included finney. but, billy obvs knew that finney wouldnt go anywhere without robin (he asked himself if he (finney) would ally with him , and finney responded with exaxtlu that) so yay now theyre all teamed. then billy thought, hey, if bruce joined us, the crowd would totes join in the rebellion, since, yk bruce is the capitol’s golden boy; now theyre all allies since brucey agreed. honestly, bruce knew that if he wanted to win, he shouldnt team, because he has trouble hurting people (“how did he win his games then?”- THROUFH GUILT AND BREAKING HIS MORALS.) but he couldnt resist. plus, he thought the three were so cute (not in a sus way🤬) and, just to mention, when bruce n vance shared their last dance (cus the capitol threw em a lil party b4 the arena) they agreed not to meet each other because they knew they would be forced ro kill each other if they did and they didnt want that😕

[ let me go ooc for a sec, ik katniss being mockingjay was caused by rue- without rue there is no mockingjay, so in order for finney to become the symbol of rebellion, i need a rue, which i DONT have. this is actually a hole in the au which ive relly needed to patch up for some time but never brainee enough to do it so sorrs bout that😿 jus prtend finney did shit to become the symbol of rebellion for now until i actually find something💔⛓️]

so, in the arena, they do their thing and boom. group 1 (billy and others) head into the forest thing (cus the arenas r the same from og hg to this au) and so do vance n griffin. griffin thought it would be a wonderful idea whatsoever to surprise vance with an attack so that they could ally cus he thought thst if he ‘proved hijself’ vance would want to ally with him. so, with a crusty ass rake thingy, he surprise attacked him (hes actuallys not so bad at combat ngl). vance, knwoing shit about what the fuck griffin’s thinking process is, assumed it was just your usoal hg ambush and instantly fought back, despite not caring for death (hes still competitive, okay), which resulted in him harming griffin pretty bad. before vance could finish him off, he noticed griffin for the first time. like- how young he was, blah blah blah, and also got a deja vu at how similar he looked to his sister, who, if you remember 70 paragraphs ago, fuckin died. so vance gets all mushy and guilt piles up and hes like ‘oh shit i needa help this kid’ and boom. theyre allies now. okay, you see this is the part where hopperstagg (non biological) brother bonding happens, okay? OKAY???

then, rhey run into billy’s gang, bruce and vance see each other and are like ‘oh shit’ but theres no getting out because now griffin wants to join billys group cus he n billy became friends during his victors tour thing so yeah. now theyre allied together<33

andd thats how that shit happens! they all have this lil bonding time, enough for them to start really caring about each other and want each other to survive and shit, so yippee. but if you thought it ended there, oh no, buddy i have expanded upon this au farther thwn the universe okay. so ik ive mentioned this in another post, billy gets vance in on the lil spy from 13 thing and they both agree to try to get them all to safety. but, unfortunately, theyre too late and- oh shit are we in district 13 now?!?!???

yep. its mockingjay time.

how rhe hell are we in district 13 now???

so, assuminf you know everything about the huhger games, they obvs get finney out, but were too late for robin, bruce n griffin. i explained all this in that separate post i menetioned, but if u didnt see it (i dont blame u if u didnts) basicslly they didnt rip their capitol tracking devices things out of their arms when they had time, but billy did get finney’s so yay! now, theyre all in a depresed era because theyre safe while the rest of the gang isnt, and is instead being tortured by yours truly, the capitol!! how exciting frfr

since they also bombed 12, following the timesline of og hunger games, finneys family survives (i dont think ive mentioned this but their mom died a kong time ago, their dad was abusive but is working on getting better after thr 74th games/trauma happening. just like og hunger games, just like og black phone) and meets up in 13. so with donna becauee im not oetting girlie die🤬🤬 then seeing all that, billy gets big brain idea to round up all the victors families that they can and let them stah in district 13, and with enough convincing, they do! they go to district 1 for bruce’s family, and everyone else’s. vsnce didnt come along with them (billy finney, gwen and some district 13 soldier dudes) and stayed in 13, and tood everyoje to skip his district. finney, who didnt know his family was dead went anyways and found out abt his damilys death the hard way. fun fact! i wrote a fict abt this!! jus click on the link in my pinned post, ignore the fic that the link sends u to and check out ky works😅 its kinda old but canon in my au nonethless

so thats that, and just got to let yall know, gwen and amy got along super well upon first meeting and uh. lesbian. theyre canon in this au btw😋 now more angst! 13 is finally able to get the other half of the old basement boys gang out of the capitol and into 13. stuff followed regular hg canon, bruce and vance can finally kiss cus they coukdnt do that before (capitols always watching,,,,,,,) and robin hates finneys guts now! wait robin what-

thars right, folks! capitol brainwashing go brr and now robin thinks everyone around him is a mutt! how awesome! i also tried incorporating the boys’ movie scars and stuff into this au, so bruce got an eye scar from his games, vance, billy and finney too, but robin n griffin got their ‘movie scars’ from the capitol’s torturing, so once griffy came back, voice go bye bye:3 OH! cant leafe out the fact that bruce and vance then got MARRIED!!!!! YAY!!!!!

time time time skip,, the boys r in the capitol, and ready to kill pres. sh@w! finally! oj the trip, robin starts to get more and more understanding about finney and starts to not hate him, also getting some of his memories restored! in the au, he wasnt entirely converted into hating finney like how peeta was in hg, he was just giving in to the capitol after a bunch of fighting against them; he just reallu wanted sll the suffering to end:( anygays theyre all sneacking around, bruce gets to beat the shit out of people (as he deserves, king) and bada bing bada boom, pres. sh@w’s dead, everyone dances on his grave, panem becomes an actual good country or something, robin gets better and him and finney kiss and shit abd boom. end of au. uh.

shit that was a LOT of yapping😭 im so sorry bout the whole ass college essay length of au lor- thats how you know ive been developing this au for a while lmao. anygays i do hope that made sense and that you enjoyed it, and if u have questions, feel free to ask:3 thanks again anon for letting me ramble!!

#the black phone #tbp x thg au #thg x tbp au #finney blake #robin arellano #bruce yamada #gwen blake #vance hopper #billy showalter #griffin stagg #brance #rinny #my silly asks:3 #GODDAMN I YAPPED.

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french-unknown · 2 years ago

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𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘: Having both grown up as friends in District 4, you're not surprised when your heart starts racing for the green-eyed blond. However, he may not be as free as you thought.

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[ m a s t e r l i s t ]

OCEAN NOSTALGIA HEADCANON

You grew up in District 4.

You both were the only two kids of the same age in the neighborhood so you quickly became friends and didn't let go. A typical day in your childhood was when his fisherman father took you both to the beach, on a day off, to teach you how to swim in a creek. After the effort, the day always ended with the three of you eating the salty green seaweed bread in the shape of a fish made by your mother.

The recess in the cliff next to this cove becomes your secret place for both of you.

During his Games at 14 (the 65th Hunger Games) you stayed in front of the screen with his parents, your parents and a few members of the neighborhood.

When he returns after his Games, he's not completely the same: he's more withdrawn and does not talk as much. Besides, since he's moving with his family to Victors' Village, you're afraid of losing contact.

However, it's Finnick who hangs on and who takes you home every night after class or who comes on weekends to hang out. He's not as happy as before and calmer, but he's always around you to listen to you talk about your passion for marine biology or simply to experience the moments with your parents who still include him in the life of your family (meals) and family activities (trip to the beach, sea trip on your father's boat, etc.)

Unfortunately, you don't notice any negative changes in his behavior after he turned 16, when he started being prostituted by Snow, and he doesn't tell anyone about it because you and his family are the people threatened with execution by the old man. He continues to come and hang out with you, but he becomes more outgoing and disconnects from you a little bit to hang out with more people. He becomes popular enough in the district to be the nice guy who is always ready to chat and help.

You begin to learn the trade of an oyster farmer.

From around 18, he slowly starts to flirt with you.

Appearances of dates neither seen nor known with, among other things, meetings to go out together in order to eat or drink. Or you find yourself at each other's house. Or he plans outings to the beach or to your secret place.

So you sometimes go on beach dates in the cove out of sight where you learned to swim when you were younger. You notice that he doesn't take his eyes off you when you take off your clothes to find yourself in a bathing suit and, when he realizes after a while that you're watching him observe you, he does not disassemble and gives you a small smile while maintaining eye contact.

"This swimsuit looks great on you"

Come and get you sometimes after work to tease you about your waterproof aquaculture protections: jacket, suspender jacket, waders, gloves and sometimes a hat. He usually comes to take you to eat or drink or just hang out together. However, since the Victors' Village is closer than your home, he takes you to his home so you can wash and change there. So you end up leaving clothes at his house, which he keeps carefully in his wardrobe with his own clothes, for "ease" and your clothes start to smell like him.

However, while you warm up with him, you learn about the string of lovers he has at the Capitol.

You immediately stop flirting on your side because you think you're just another flirt. During the confrontation, he's unable to tell you anything other than that he will not stop seeing them but that he also cares a lot about you. Hurt, you completely stop talking to him until he agrees to stop flirting with you. It's friendship or nothing.

After a week, he sadly knocks on your door and accepts your conditions to continue seeing you.

Your friendship is picking up again, but it's more fragile than before. You both try to ignore the atmosphere between you two and, at the slightest misstep, you both freeze: him, afraid that you will end all contact, and you, feeling ill at the idea that he regards you as one of his Capitol conquests. No more sunsets together in your secret cove, no more teasing tensions between you after a few drinks, no more of you sitting between his legs with your back against his chest because it's starting to get windy on the beach and you're cold.

This year, when he goes back to the Capitol like every year, you feel it like a stab in the stomach.

When he returns, you then decide to confront him one last time before cutting ties definitively. You confess your feelings to him as well as the fact that you don't want to be one among the others and that it hurts you too much to see him leave knowing what he will do there. In the emotion of the moment, Finnick also confesses his feelings to you with tears in his eyes as well as the reasons that pushed him to act like this at the Capitol. Shocked, you spend the night listening to him talk about what he has been going through for several years. You end the night by falling asleep in each other's arms.

The next day, he tells you that he will not be able to get rid of his constraints at the Capitol but that he would still like to start a relationship with you because he loves you.

You accept and you start dating.

You have a "normal" relationship for most of the year. He is especially fond of physical touches and quality time so it will not be surprising if you find yourself stuck in bed with him in the morning. He will love to stay in the covers holding you tightly in his arms, showering kisses on your hair or your face, while chatting or listening to you talk about whatever is on your mind.

Unfortunately, when the Hunger Games arrive and a few weeks after, you become his support system thanks to more hugs. He's also more in need of words of affirmation about how wonderful he is and that you love him. The times when he is not there are also complicated for you but you do your best not to think about it.

By some miracle, you were not kidnapped at the end of the 75th Hunger Games and you end up finding Finnick after the victory of the Rebels and the death of Snow.

You settle down together and live happily.

#hunger games #imagine #finnick odair #finnick odair imagine #finnick odair x reader

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maggie32432 · 2 years ago

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Prisoners - Finnick Odair Imagine (Part 4)

Finnick Odair and Sirena Nighthart both won their respective Hunger Games at age 14. Both from District 4. Finnick and Sirena both grow up in the Capitol, though keeping their distance from each other. What happens when both get reaped at the Quarter Quell for the 75th Hunger Games?

We walk away and I ask, "How are you so good at that?" "Good at what?" "People, I mean the way you talked to her was intimidating and you didn't even have to say anything directly threatening," I remark,

"It's how you use people around here, Blue," he says while we get on our chariot. My hands shake slightly, but he holds my hand once more. "Don't let Snow know you're afraid. You and I gotta show him that we're not scared," he whispers in my ear.

The chariots begin to move forward and he holds my hand, preparing to raise it in the air.

Everyone in the Capitol and all the victors know that Finnick and I are a force to be reckoned with. That I never doubted. The only thing I'm nervous about is keeping me and Finnick alive.

The crowd cheers as the chariots roll in a line. Just like last time. It's all just like last time.

I hear my name being chanted by a few people in the crowd, but it's hard to hear over the drums beating loudly as we move.

Finnick's hand holds mine gently, of course, he knows that I'm nervous.

I don't smile the way he does, my face stays hardened. It's the only way right now that I can conceal the fact that I am terrified. We are one of the first carriages to roll around the circle to where President Snow stands. His eyes follow me and Finn carefully.

No signs of emotion are on his face. Nothing other than a stoic and serious look from him. His eyes follow us still, but as I make eye contact with him he gives me a nod. I clench my jaw a bit, my body stiffening up.

Finnick looks to President Snow as well, but the smirk does not leave his lips. He raises our hands in the air, just as a few of the other chariots do. What the hell did that nod mean? And why does he always look at me with such intrigue and curiosity?

I don't understand.

The chariots begin to roll back the way we came, and I just feel relieved that I no longer have to be under the eyes of President Snow. Now his eyes are on Katniss.

If President Snow ever figures out our plan to protect her then we're all dead. Well, we may already be dead anyway given the situation.

I wish it were simpler. Just protect Finnick and me.

But I can't do that because I have to protect her now. For the sake of Panem.

"How ya feeling, Blue?" Finnick asks me with a grin on his face, "I feel like I'm re-living the past," I mutter as if I didn't already have enough PTSD from the first time around.

"I can assure you that most of the people here are much more afraid of you than you are of them," "I'm always afraid," I whisper as the chariots come to a slow stop.

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That evening Haymitch Abernathy brings us into a secluded room with a few other victors that I recognize. Finnick sits beside me, raising an eyebrow toward me about why we're here.

There are about 10 or 12 people in here, not including Haymitch. "It's no question that Katniss has inspired everyone in the districts," he says and I ask,

"What does that have to do with us?" "There's a revolution against the Capitol coming. Katniss is going to be the leader. The Mockingjay. Plutarch Heavensbee is also in on it, but if you're here it means I need you to keep Katniss alive,"

"Why should we risk our lives to protect her? Especially while we're already saving our own asses in the arena," Finnick asks, "Because this is bigger than the Games, but we need Katniss. I need you to be her allies to get her out of there," Haymitch says, and I nod while pondering it over.

It's true that things are changing across Panem, especially because of Katniss.

"So what? We befriend her in the arena? What then?" "Heavensbee and I have a plan to get her out when necessary, but you can't let her know or discuss the plan outside of this room," Haymitch argues and I nod.

"Well, I'm in," I say, "Sirena," Finnick argues, "We need this. Panem needs her," I argue and he sighs,

"Well if Nighthart's in then I'm in," He says and it makes my stomach flip just a little to hear him say that.

Everyone else in the room eventually agrees to help Katniss, it's ironic that she doesn't even know we're all willing to risk our lives for her.

We all know what's been coming for years now, and we know that Panem needs the Mockingjay to overthrow The Capitol.

We leave the room a bit after that, knowing that this Quarter Quell is now much bigger than ourselves. As we walk back to the tribute village, I notice an unusual number of guards around the floor where Finnick and I are staying.

"Oh God," I whisper, knowing all too well what this is going to mean. As we arrive at the main room Finnick still has a smirk plastered on his face, but it doesn't reach his eyes.

"President Snow," I say with a smile, making sure that it does reach my eyes, The menacing man sits at the table in the middle of the room, simply enjoying a glass of wine. Guards stand around him all over the room,

"Finnick Odair. Miss Nighthart," He says, "What brings you here?" Finnick asks charmingly, "I wanted to speak to Miss Nighthart, privately," He says, sipping his drink.

Finnick stands slightly in front of me, unmoving,

His face would never show it, but I can tell how tense his body is now.

Not wanting to leave the room...aka leave me.

"Of course, President Snow," I say kindly, putting my hand on Finnick's arm for just a moment. "Well I'll be right upstairs, then," He says, giving me a reassuring nod while hesitantly walking away.

I take a heavy breath and sit down across from President Snow.

#finnick odair x reader #finnickodair #finnickodairxreader #finnick odair x oc #sam claflin

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heavensbeehall · 1 year ago

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"Mockingjay", Chapter 16

Part 2: The Assault

Chapter 16: Katniss comes back to consciousness (again!) after being shot and remembers the "Stay with me"/"Always" exchange with Peeta from the second book. Johanna Mason--what a queen--shows up to steal some drugs from Katniss. Johanna is addicted to "morphling" now, but in a fun way. Katniss and Gale fight about killing people but District 2 is now in Rebellion hands. Even though she lost a spleen, Katniss is made to return to work. Plutarch talks about "Panem et Circenses" for all the English teachers in the audience. Annie and Finnick are getting married! Katniss is stunned when the cake is wheeled out and it was obviously made by Peeta, who has been getting better after his first breakthrough. At midnight she goes to talk to him (and I have questions about why the staff at 13 is all around at midnight but they are not addressed. Perhaps they wanted a good Hanging Tree reference for this uncomfortable encounter). Peeta is pissy which I will allow since she was tortured for weeks. He sees Katniss through a new lens. She thinks it's "the truth" because she hates herself and is depressed and clearly needs medication--not to the responsibility of a rebellion. But it's more like he sees her through Snow's eyes now. (That women are not to be trusted and love makes you weak.)

Thoughts:

-- This book depresses me a bit and my own mental health hasn't been great lately. I should remind myself there is more Johanna. Because I really do like the part where they are roommates.

-- When Johanna calls Gale "gorgeous" and then laughs, it makes me think she is messing with him the way she did with Katniss in book 2. But I don't know if she is messing with Katniss or Gale, actually.

Quotes:

"You should have been the Mockingjay. No one would've had to feed you lines," I say. "True. But no one likes me," she tells me.

Given that Suzanne Collins has said they have tried to use previous victors (she particularly cited Finnick) as a rallying point for rebellion, I wonder if she says this from experience. The way Johanna won--by pretending for the camers--is actually quite smart. She used the game against the Gamemakers. Her "act" would be mostly in things we know Snow added to the Hunger Games--the interviews, the betting odds etc. If they had just thrown her into an arena, like 1-10th, then this would not be possible to do. Nor do I think crying or being sad to fight to the death is abnormal. We have seen Lamina (also a female tribute from 7) portrayed as somewhat weak during her Games but be mentally tough. I imagine it was easy to dismiss Johanna. But then when she won, it seems (as with many reality shows) she was not lauded for her cleverness but instead portrayed as a liar and a bitch.

Does anyone have strong headcanons about Johanna? For some reason, I assume she had siblings that were killed. Possibly because of how she interacts with Katniss and Finnick, like she is used to having someone close to her who is her age. But that person or persons is gone now.

Somehow staging some perverse wedding between Peeta and me. I haven't been able to face that one-way glass since I've been back and, at my own request, only get updates about Peeta's condition from Haymitch. He speaks very little about it. Different techniques are being tried. There will never truly be a way to cure him.And now they want me to marry Peeta for a propo?

I read a fanfic about this once. Anyway, you will note that Katniss instinctively assumes Plutarch will use her the same way Snow did which doesn't reassure me much about Plutarch's vibes.

... the music is provided by a choir of children accompanied by the lone fiddler who made it out of 12 with his instrument...

We think this is Clerk Carmine's fiddle, yes? I don't know where you would buy a new instrument in 12.

Sure enough, Greasy Sae grabs Gale by the hand and pulls him into the center of the floor and faces off with him

Get it, Greasy Sae! (I do not necessarily hold to the theory that Lucy Gray is Greasy Sae, but I do think--since she sells her wares at the Hob and has been around awhile, she would probably know the most about the Covey. I'd love to interview her for my fictional documentary about the history of the Hunger Games.)

"I must have loved you a lot."

I would like to think that Peeta need not be "in love" with Katniss to give her some bread. It's very "Snow-like" to assume that he would only do that if he was in love with her, and the love was like tricking him into something (which I think is how he comes to see everything he did for Lucy Gray, as some grand manipulation) when it's just normal to not like seeing someone else suffer.

#mockingjay reread #thg reread #mockingjay #johanna mason #district 13 #plutarch heavensbee #peeta mellark #the covey #lucy gray baird #greasy sae

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notelasts · 10 months ago

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NOW PRESENTING: ARTHUR ART DONALDSON, VICTOR OF THE SIXTY THIRD HUNGER GAMES!

this verse is heavily affiliated with and is single ship with @cannotfly.

pre games

art is the son of george and kayla donaldson. george is the mayor of district four, and because art is the mayor’s son, he doesn’t have to participate in the career training that the other children partake in. art spends most of his time inside, learning how to one day take over the mayorship from his father. he sneaks into the kitchen and learns how to cook, and sneaks down to the dock behind his house to teach himself how to swim. he learns a little bit about knots and ropes and boats, but not as much as an ordinary citizen of four would know. he knows how to fish, though. he’s pretty good at it. he’s also fairly good with a knife. his father had deemed it necessary for art to know how to defend himself should he ever be attacked, and so art had decided to learn how to properly wield a knife. he knows how to handle a trident to some extent, but he’s much better with knives.

when art is thirteen, he and his family go to the reaping ceremony like they always do. when art is thirteen, he gets reaped for the hunger games. his father had never paid anyone off to keep his son’s name out of the reaping bowl—he believed that was a dirty and cowardly thing to do—but he never thought art would get reaped, either. art is put on a train with his district partner, a seventeen year old girl named coira sobek, and they are whisked off to the capitol. coira becomes protective of art, warding off the worst of the attention he receives from the capitol elite and drawing it to herself.

art becomes a capitol favorite incredibly quickly. they’ve never seen a tribute from four that’s his age before, and everyone wants to know what his plan is once he gets into the arena. art’s honesty with the citizens of panem wins him sponsor after sponsor, a fact that he and coira will take advantage of in the games. art’s interview—where he talks of his family and not wanting to let them down—earns him the most money he’s ever gotten in his life.

he scores an eight in his training evaluation. it’s a feat that only serves to impress the capitol more. mags tells him to capitalize on the fact that he’s young and easily overlooked once he gets to the arena, and art listens and does so. on the day before the hunger games, he and coira stay up late, strategizing and planning who to go after first. art will lure their prey into secluded areas and keep them there, and coira will take care of them from there.

games

the arena for the 63rd hunger games was a flat, barren landscape with very little cover to hide. there were holes in the ground and cliffs with caves in them, but most of the tributes didn’t know how to scale the cliffs well enough to get to the caves, and the holes weren’t deep enough to provide any sort of hiding place. torrential rain would occur every day at the same time. it never rained long enough to fill the arena.

art and coira’s plan worked for the first three days. coira killed both tributes from twelve and ten, the male tribute from eleven and the female tribute from six in those first three days. on the fourth day, they were cornered by the male tribute from district two. coira distracted him so art could get away. he still regrets running to this day. he didn’t know what happened to her until the cannons went off that night. coira and the district two tribute were dead, along with the female tribute from seven, the male tribute from six and both tributes from district nine.

art hid as best he could over the next four days. most of the remaining tributes picked each other off. art had found a hole deep enough to hide in, and he left it only to get food and water. on the eighth day, he killed the male tribute from seven, both tributes from eight, and the female tribute from eleven. the tributes from five were killed by the female tribute from district one and the female tribute from district two. art managed to kill the male tribute from district three on the ninth day. on the tenth day, the female tribute from one killed the female tribute from three. art, the district one tributes, and the female tribute from district two were the only four tributes remaining.

the final fight lasted three days. the district one tributes cornered the female tribute from district two and killed her, and then they went after art. he still doesn’t know how he killed them, but he was standing with two dead bodies at his feet on the thirteenth day. he was crowned the victor of the 63rd hunger games two days later.

post games

after being crowned victor, all art wanted to do was go home and see his parents. he was told he couldn’t do that. there were people that wanted to see him and congratulate him on his victory. he stayed in the capitol for a week following his victory. at the end of that week, he was summoned by president snow. the president told art that he couldn’t leave the capitol. if he left, snow said, his parents would be killed. art didn’t want that, did he? art, even at thirteen, recognized blackmail when he saw it. snow wanted him to stay and train some more. they were implementing a new program, he said. capitol members could pay to see victors and spend time with them. art didn’t like the sound of that, but he agreed. it wasn’t bad at first. as he got older, he realized what he’d agreed to. no one laid a hand on him until he was sixteen, but that didn’t make it any better.

he was allowed to return to district four to mentor, but he was not allowed to see his family. when he was eighteen, he mentored johanna barker. she went on to win the 68th hunger games. they’d fallen in love during the mentorship and art made the mistake of kissing her when she returned from the arena. the capitol was crushed, and art and johanna had to scramble to sort out their feelings and what this meant for their relationship.

they were outed as a couple on johanna’s victory tour and married in secret shortly after her victory tour ended. johanna was sent for by her guardian, turpin. art was adamant that she refuse to go. they decided to flee to district thirteen in the hopes that he would give up. art went first, intending to see how safe the district was and then he would return for johanna. that plan went awry, however. one of art’s clients, patrick zweig, had noticed that art was missing. he told snow, and snow had johanna brought to turpin in the capitol as punishment for art’s disobedience.

art returns to the capitol with a small team to save johanna. they return to thirteen and attempt to heal. while in thirteen, art takes up cooking again. he also teaches the younger members of the district how to wield a knife. when the rebellion comes around, art and johanna help as much as they can.

when the 75th hunger games happens, art is reaped. he knows it’s a punishment from snow and patrick for leaving. he’s part of haymitch’s plan to get katniss and peeta out of the arena and transport them to thirteen. the plan goes off as smoothly as it can, but he always regrets not being able to save peeta. art storms the capitol with the rest of katniss’ team and he lives to return to johanna and district thirteen.

art learns that he has a daughter, lily, from one of his former clients. he and johanna take her in and dote on her as much as they can. when the rebellion is over, the three of them return to district four. art’s parents are still alive and he visits them for the first time in twelve years.

art and johanna eventually welcome two girls, canary and mavis donaldson, into their family. all three girls are loved beyond measure, and art and johanna are working to ensure their daughters never have to endure the horrors they did.

#muse — art donaldson #verse — the hunger games

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tumblingghosts · 8 months ago

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ahhhh victor mizzen <3

i'm gonna drop a bunch of thoughts about him bc i'm thinking of victor mizzen now :,)

coral dies to the snakes like in the book, mizzen is able to get to relative safety up the pole, and teslee still attacks him with drones in the aftermath for refusing to helping her

only this time, mizzen doesn't lose his balance

same set of events where treech kills teslee while she's distracted with controlling the drones, lucy gray kills treech with the snakes, and it's down to the final three

mizzen climbs down from the pole to eat his sponsor gifts

it's a bit of a stalemate since lucy gray knows she's at a disadvantage now that the snake is dead & reaper isn't inclined to kill anyone at the moment

mizzen has more than enough supplies from persephone to last for another day or so, but lucy gray also gets food from coriolanus, so it's a waiting game

reaper is the next to die (succumbing to rabies rather than lucy gray poisoning the puddle)

at the final two, mizzen realizes that if he tries to wait it out, lucy gray (given her popularity) will have much more sponsor money/food

mizzen goes after her and takes her down with the trident

and that's it. he's won.

persephone gets to see him (briefly) before he's sent back to d4 and he is very much Not Okay in the aftermath

she's pretty disturbed seeing mizzen like that and she has a "what have i done" moment at all of the strategizing and interviews

mizzen isn't coping well back home & isolates himself

coriolanus still caught cheating so to d12 he goes

sejanus is also assigned peacekeeper duty, but without coriolanus's connection to lucy gray, he doesn't end up talking to billy taupe & doesn't have an in with spruce

strabo plinth probably buys sejanus's way back to the capitol by the end of the summer (which he is not happy about)

without coriolanus sending gaul the jabberjay, she doesn't exactly have a reason to follow up with him (so in d12 he stays until he manages to get to d2 from the officer exam)

meanwhile, persephone is also having a rough time coping with the aftermath of the games and the guilt she feels

mags is still reaped for the 11th games (and persephone blames herself for it- surprisingly it wasn't rigged, just bad luck, but persephone doesn't know that)

(i'm going with the headcanon mags & mizzen are siblings)

mags does not win the games in this series of events bc coriolanus isn't there to "suggest" more changes to the games & the old arena does not give mags the advantages that a more open arena would have provided

mizzen is having a Bad Time (grieving)

persephone is having a Bad Time (guilt)

good(?) news is that the 11th games being brutal and short means that the "excitement" that the 10th games have brought for the hunger games is fizzling out

taking advantage of the dying interest, persephone, sejanus, and lysistrata are pushing for the end of the games + festus to support persephone and dragging felix along with him

felix gets highbottom to Do Something (bc they're gossip buddies, as per the book <3) and, motivated by his severe guilt, gaul's lab explodes with her still inside (oh no! :P)

really, no one was pushing for the games to continue as hard as gaul so it's less a matter of "canceling the games" and more a matter of "no one was around to organize the 12th"

persephone tries to get in contact with mizzen but he's not in any state to talk with her so soon after his sister died (there's definitely an element of "the games ended, but not soon enough to save her?")

in the meantime, persephone & co. spend the next years (after the games are gone) pushing for better conditions in the districts

i do like to think that persephone and mizzen have a reunion further down the line when they're older and gained perspective in different ways (it's still a bit of a somber meeting)

(also, unrelated sad thought about if both mags and mizzen were victors- what if mags volunteered for annie in the 75th and mizzen volunteered for finnick ;-;)

thinking about victor!mizzen today

#tbosas #tbosas mizzen #tbosas victor mizzen au #persephone price #sejanus plinth #mags flanagan #mags & mizzen #tbosas fix it #of sorts

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alwaysspeakshermind · 2 years ago

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How do you think Peeta could join the Careers at 74th Hunger Games?

What did he do? Duel with another career? Killing another tributes on the Cornucopia?

Do you think before The Rule Change (2 victors from the same district), Peeta already determined to help Katniss becoming the winner? Thoughts?

Thank you :)

@curiousnonny

Ooh, I like this one!

I think there's kind of two plausible answers to this one based on what we know about how the Careers operate, what we know happened during training and at the Cornucopia, and what we obliquely hear from Haymitch about how Peeta "barely got in with them."

Haymitch does some smooth-talking with the Careers' mentors, sells them on Peeta as an ally because he's strong, his score was comparable to their tributes' scores, he's one half of the star-crossed lovers who are going to have sponsors falling all over them, he allegedly has intel he might be willing to cough up on Katniss (we know he won't and Haymitch knows he won't, but tbh, if I were a mentor, I'd absolutely believe Peeta's as interested in winning as everyone else is), and all those things listed above are the sort of thing that would make him a decent choice for an ally.

Peeta does some smooth-talking to convince the Careers to let him join. We know from Katniss/the way people respond to him, that Peeta's good with words. He's also likeable and, frankly, just doesn't have the kind of personality you'd consider a threat in a winner-takes-all fight to the death. It's the kind of thing you see on reality shows like Survivor or The Amazing Race all the time, where a strategy popular amongst the strongest players is "we have a warrior mentality and want only the strongest people/teams in the finale because that will be a real competition and if you win you'll have legendary bragging rights," but that's also coupled with this underlying sneakier-but-more-sensible strategy of "I also want to keep around someone I'm confident I can beat because if it comes down to a me or them thing, I want the advantage" and Peeta fits that bill nicely. Like, he's strong enough/brings enough to the table to not drag the team down, but they also don't consider him a big threat, which makes him easily disposable. Because Katniss mentions Foxface as his "first kill" (and they've been talking so we assume she would know), I think we can pretty safely rule out Peeta killing another tribute, but since Katniss also mentions he looks like he's been in a fight the first time she sees him in the arena ("His face is swollen with bruises, there's a bloody bandage on one arm, and from the sound of his gait, he's limping somewhat"), I think the theory I personally subscribe to is that he held someone off during the bloodbath at the Cornucopia long enough to make them listen to his pitch.

"Do you think before The Rule Change (2 victors from the same district), Peeta already determined to help Katniss becoming the winner? Thoughts?"

In short...yes, yes I do.

Actually, I think there's a good case for "Peeta made up his mind that Katniss was coming back, not him on the ride to the train" simply because of how he switches from openly crying on the way there (not surprising considering the circumstances, but also possibly indicative of someone who's struggling with the realization that he doesn't want to die, but the person he most wants to survive isn't himself) to demanding Haymitch's full attention, and trying to find out what they need to do.

Then, once they get to the Capitol and Haymitch sees that they've both got potential, Peeta doesn't let Katniss downplay her abilities, helps her maintain their We're A Team strategy in public (honestly, as someone who teeters on the brink of severe introversion at times and literally cannot make small talk/keep a conversation going when the battery has run dry or I'm not well-acquainted with whoever I'm talking to, I think it cannot be emphasized enough how valuable Peeta's contribution is here since he essentially single-handedly lays the groundwork for the dramatic interview confession and makes the idea that they're at least friends somewhat believable), and reminds her not to get involved in the bloodbath when he can see she's considering running for the bow.

And once they're in the arena, then of course he misleads the Careers and holds off Cato after the tracker jacker incident, so basically, by the time they announce the rule change, I think Peeta was probably just like, "Oh, cool. Too bad they couldn't do something like this EARLIER, when I might have actually been able to contribute something to the team" (because at that point, I think he was also still pretty sure he was going to die from his leg wound).

#ask: thg #ask: answered #user: curiousnonny #thg meta #peeta mellark #my opinion

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liptonsbabe · 4 years ago

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I was wondering if you can do a request with Finnick Odair and my oc/me (Hannah). You don’t have to use my name, but it’s Hannah if you do. So here’s some backstory. So Hannah’s father is a district 1 victor of the hunger games, her mother is a stylist and her father lived in the capital now due to district 1’s privileges. Hannah was born and raised in the capital, but was taunt by her parents to be anti hunger games, due to her father being in the games and seeingnn the horrors along with being traumatized by seeing them when she was 8. So her and finnick met while her mother was his stylist in the games. They became friends and caught feelings when they were 16. She was one of the only person who knew the truth about his “many lovers” and she was there to help him through it. They started dating when they were 19 and when they were 21 (just after the 72nd games), they were able to sneak Hannah back on the train with them into district 4. The capital tried to get her back, but since this was great publicity and stuff, they just left it because it wasn’t as important and they could also profit off their relationship, as well as also continuing to see finnick. So I was thinking you can write something pretty recently after Hannah arrived to district 4, so maybe at first people don’t really like her because she’s privileged and from the capital, so maybe finnick tries to reassure her. And maybe you can do some cute things where they have a romantic walk along the docks and maybe it can end with them playing in the water after Hannah fell in.

I just thought it’d be something cute

We Remain [F.O]

Finnick Odair x reader

Word count: 2.7K

Warnings: Snow's a motherf*cker so yeah, he did awful things to Finnick

A/N: Very first request! hope you like it hun. My box are still open for request! English not my mother language so please let me know if something's wrong. Enjoy!

"So, what are you doing here?" Finnick sat down next to you on the thick warm sand startling you by his sudden arrival. You had been sitting on the shore of the beach for a couple of hours now and Finnick kept watching you from the dock not wanting to interrumpt your thoughts.

He knew you were not comfortable in his district. You told him how much you loved the ocean, seeing the sun reflected on the water in the mornings and the beautiful view from the lookout point, yet there was something that didn't make you feel at home.

You slumped your shoulders as Finnick slipped his arm over them giving you a small smile. Your eyes focused on the calm, deep blue sea in front of you. The sun was about to set creating strange shapes in the remaining waves and you kept your gaze fixed on them trying to find them some form.

Finnick sighed pressing you against him. Your body trembled from the closeness which made him smile. Finnick was damn cocky and he loved the effect he had on you. He kissed your hair waiting for his question to be answered. You closed your eyes, shaking your head.

"I...I was thinking."

"About what?"

"About home. I mean...in everything that was left behind."

Finnick nodded thinking you must miss your district terribly. You were born and raised in the capitol thanks to your father winning his games, but your home was always district one. Even if you never saw district one in your life, the stories your parents told about it created in your mind a sense of having a place where you truly belonged.

Your parents raised you to hate the hunger games. It wasn't a tradition, it was a massacre, a terrifying event that disgusted them and they didn't want you to grow up believing that taking children to the reaping every year and watching them die in a bloodbath was what was meant to happen, so, at their peril, your parents managed to get your name out of the urn every year to save your life permanently.

Then, when your mother became the stylist for the winner of the 65th hunger games everything became easier. You met Finnick and he became a protective shield against the capitol. He was only fourteen when he won the games so Finnick spent most of his time at your house in the company of your father. Then in the following years Finnick became a mentor to the new tributes and your father was always by his side creating between the two of you a very strong bond.

Sometimes, when he spent the nights at your house he escaped from his bedroom and went to yours just to talk sitting in your bed while you were eating snacks. You told him about district one and how much you would like to visit there someday and he told you how wonderful district four was and how he spent his evenings before he was the brightest star in Panem. Almost every night you met to talk and when he turned sixteen he stopped knocking at your door.

At first you didn't understand why he stopped visiting. No calls, no texts, no explanations why he didn't come to your house anymore. Until one day, as you were taking a walk downtown you heard the insidious gossips around him.

"Did you enjoy your night with Finnick Odair?" a woman asked another as they enjoyed a warm evening at the diner. Your footsteps stopped behind them feeling your heart skip a beat as you heard Finnick's name on her red lips. The woman let out a giggle waving her open hand next to her face trying to cover her blush.

"He's amazing! Oh my god, dear, it's... it's splendid. Really, he's worth it."

"What does he want in return?" the other woman asked. You felt your face turn green with disgust.

"Secrets. A very good one. One that will trace your path to the stars..."

You walked away from there as fast as you could avoiding remembering the words of those two women. For god's sake, Finnick was only sixteen, he was a kid and he was leading an adult life. It was disgusting. You came home with tears in your eyes and your breath hitching. Your mother squeezed your shoulders but you couldn't speak, you were too confused for that. You mumbled something your mother didn't understand and you ran off to your room not noticing that Finnick had met with your father that afternoon and was watching you from the open door of your dad's office.

Tears streamed down your face as you closed the door. You were speechless. Finnick had left you aside after sharing so many late night talks in his company, so many smiles and so many dreams only to lead a life like the rest of the people in the capitol. The glory and the power had finally brought out the worst in him and you couldn't hate the capitol any more than you already did.

You heard a couple of knocks on your door followed by a "(Y/N), are you okay?" from Finnick's voice. Your cries subsided waiting for him to leave, but that didn't happen, instead he persisted until he heard a response from you.

"I'm fine" you replied with a broken voice. You imagined Finnick frowning.

"Are you sure?" he asked. You listened as he tried to turn the doorknob, but you had locked it in "I saw you coming. I was talking with your dad about some stuff and i thought something had happened to you, may I come in?"

"No!" you replied. Your tears threatening to come out again "I'm-I'm fine, okay? I don't need you. Go away."

Finnick was silent for a moment, nevertheless, he kept trying to turn the knob

"(Y/N) let me in."

"didn't you hear me? I want you to leave. Now."

"Not until you open the door."

"You'll stay there, then"

"If that's what i have to do..."

You walked to your bed sitting on it crying silently. Your heart was aching. Deep down you felt something was going on between you and Finnick, something that went beyond the friendship you both proclaimed, but the blindfold had fallen off your eyes as you listened to those women talk about Finnick like he was a piece of meat. You didn't know what was going on, you didn't understand it either and Finnick was just there playing innocent. Finnick turned the knob one more time.

"Well, this makes me think you don't trust me enough like I thought you did."

Crying gave way to annoyance to that point. You jumped to your feet, glancing towards the door imagining Finnick's contracted face on the other side

"Look who's saying it."

"I don't understand."

"Stop pretending, Finnick"

"I don't know what I'm supposed to be pretending" His voice sounded so calm it made you rage. You walked over to the door "I just want to know what happened so I can help you. That's what friends do, isn't it?

"So we're friends now? After you left without explanation we're friends? We're friends even though you didn't tell me what the hell were you doing with your oh-so-many-lovers?"

Finnick was silent for a long time making you think he just left, but then you heard a deep sigh and the creak of the wood as he leaned his body against the door

"So you know it."

You frowned, opening the door with a smash taking him by surprise. Your eyes were bloodshot from crying and pent up anger. Finnick had never seen you so upset

"So you know it, that's all you're going to say?"

"I can explain"

"Then it's true. What I heard..."

"No, no" he denied walking into your room closing it with his foot. You walked backwards trying to get away from him. Finnick knew about the rumors about him in the capitol, he never cared what they were saying about him, but he did care about what you had heard and how you might miunderstand it "It's true. What you said..."

"You're sixteen, for God's sake!" you shouted, disgusted "How-how can you...?"

"It's not how you're imagining it. They're making me do it."

"Yeah, right."

"It's true" Finnick answered approaching you and caressing your cheeks. He connected his eyes with yours and you managed to see a crystalline layer in them "It's true, (Y/N)"

"What?" you asked, horrified. Finnick closed his eyes, pursed his lips and nodded "But how? who?"

"President Snow."

"Why?"

"He'll kill my family if I don't do what he asks."

Your mind went blank. Finnick opened his eyes pearly with tears.

"But, you don't have a family."

Finnick smiled.

"You are my family" Your heart raced "Ever since my games...you and your parents became an important part of my life. You've given me a home, a place where I know I'm welcome, a place where i know all of you don't care what I am, but what I was before I was a victor and what's left of me since then. Snow threatened to harm you and your parents."

"Really?"

"Really. He knows how important you are for me" His breath collided against your lips in a stormy closeness "There is no one I care more about. That's why I had to accept. It's not easy for me, I hate what I became, but I had no choice (Y/N), I swear"

"Why didn't you tell me?"

Finnick took a few steps away, ducking his eyes.

"I was too embarrassed. I still am. At some point I would have told you, of course, but I wasn't... I wasn't ready, I'm still not."

"Finnick..."

"I'm sorry for disappointing you."

He tried to leave your room but you stopped him squeezing him in a tight embrace that take your breath away. Finnick squeezed your body tightly lifting your feet off the floor.

"You didn't have to" you whispered. He denied

"I have to and I will. I'm not going to let them hurt you or your parents. What happens to me doesn't matter as long as you're safe."

"God, Finnick, I love you so much."

You broke apart instantly, you were so embarrassed by what you had just said and Finnick were shocked in surprise. Your cheeks grew hot and you were about to run away if it wasn't for Finnick's lips that pressed against yours in a small kiss. Finnick smiled

"I love you too."

Even after you confessed to each other you couldn't have a romantic relationship, at least not in public. Finnick had to continue obeying Snow's orders and you tried not to interfere to damage him even more, so the only ones who knew about you were your parents and Maggs, Finnick's old friend.

He came back to visit you at night in your room, you talked about anything that came to your mind (except about Finnick's many lovers) and, one night, he told you every secret he knew.

"Why are you telling me all this?" you asked him, watching your intertwined hands. You were both nineteen at the time and the secrets Finnick had obtained were too many. He smiled

"No one lives forever" he replied "Someday the advantage I have against Snow will turn against me and if that ever happens I need someone else to tell the truth for me"

"That's not going to happen"

He shrugged his shoulders

"You never know"

When Finnick saw the opportunity to leave the capitol after the hunger games where the tributes from district twelve put on a show and unleashed the wrath of President Snow, he didn't hesitate twice in proposing to take you with him to district four.

He put together a plan to hide you on the train until you passed district three where you were out of the president's reach. You weren't sure if it was a good idea, but your parents encouraged you to run away saying it was the safest place you could be. You were still unsure about it because you knew that your parents' lives would be in danger if Snow found out, however, your father assured you that they would be fine, the capitol wouldn't touch them and you could leave with Finnick and start a new life. You accepted then, sneaking onto the train that left for district four the next morning.

Of course, Snow was informed of your scape weeks later when you and Finnick managed to successfully settle in a house away from the victors' village. Neither of you wanted to live under the government roof and Finnick took a small place near the coast, where you received an unwelcome letter from the president asking you to return immediately to the capitol before the consequences became severe. Finnick replied for you, saying in a single paragraph that he didn't agree with that.

"I have a mind full of secrets. It doesn't suit you for me to become an open book. (Y/N) won't come back and neither will I."

Snow calmed down. Finnick seemed very pleased by that and things calmed down a bit. But there, in the utter calm of the sea, you still felt something was missing.

Finnick rubbed your arms as the sun went down and the moon appeared. The days in district four were too hot and the nights too cold, it was hard to get used to the change, even more so when no one in the district seemed to feel comfortable with your presence.

You could tell by the looks of the women on the shore and the angry faces of the fishermen. For them you were an intruder, a privileged one who had never had to suffer what their children did every year during the reaping cause your father, being a victor, had saved your ass. To them you were a coward, a disgrace and a pest who shouldn't have made it all the way to district four.

Finnick kissed your temple enjoying the silence of the newly arrived night. You sighed thinking about how much Finnick lost when he met you. His freedom, his decision about his body, the affection of the people in his district, his home in the village and so many other things you didn't want to remember. Finnick clicked his tongue, rubbing your arms again.

"Stop thinking, love."

"I can't. This all feels like a dream, a very... devastating one."

"You know what people think or don't think about us is something you can't change."

"Yes, but I would like to show them that I am more than they think, I am more than the daughter of someone who survived the hell of the games. Let them know that my presence doesn't represent a mockery to their dead children in the arena, that I am not a bad person."

"And you're not. Give them time. They're not bad either. They are against the system just like us, at some point they will realize we are on their side. Don't worry about it, I won't let anyone minimize you or make you feel bad. I'm going to protect you, okay? That's what we do, protect each other."

"You promise?"

"I promise. Now come on sweetie, let's take a walk" Finnick lifted you up easily taking your hand to walk across the sand. Finnick's hand against yours brought you security and a relief you couldn't explain. As you walked you rested your head on his shoulder and he hugged you close to him "We'll be fine, (Y/N), just... trust me"

"As always."

"Fair enough."

Then Finnick pulled your hand into the cold water of the sea splashing you in the face. You played back at him and the two of you ended up having a little fight in the middle of the sea. Finnick reached over, grabbed you around the waist and brushed your lips together.

"We'll be fine," he said. You nodded

"We'll be fine."

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